Scarlet Pimpernel Story

The Scarlet Pimpernel was written in 1905 by Baroness Orczy. It was an adventurous tale of love and courage. In 1792, during the French Revolution, a figure named the Scarlet Pimpernel saved many aristocrats from the French. Using daring plots and disguises he escaped from the French and his archenemy, Chauvlin. The richest man in England, Sir Percy Blakenley was married to the most beautiful woman in France, Lady Marguerite Blankenley. Sir Percy was an important character …

…Percy and her own morals. Conversely, her love for The Scarlet Pimpernel made her risk her life to save him. Sir Percy's love for justice and honor compelled him to risk his life to save the French aristocracy. His love for Marguerite made him sail to France despite the fact he knew that Chauvlin and his spies were waiting for him. The story shows that love has no bounds, similarly that evil has none either.